Publisher's Synopsis
This text explores the nature and significance of reefs, particulary of Australia's World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef. Through multiple perspectives, the reef is seen both as a wonder of nature and in terms of the meaning it has for those who have lived and laboured with, loved or feared it, and represented it in writing or film. The book offers an insight into the world beneath the waves, into other times and other world-views, from those of the original inhabitants of the coast, mariners, pearlers, fishermen, beach bums, artists to the "greenies", tourist developers and eco-managers of today.
